Millard McElwee led classes on water quality sensors at Louisiana STEM summer camp

Featured Faculty: Khalid M. Mosalam

Last month, PhD student Millard McElwee led classes on water quality sensors at the 4th annual Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum STEM and aviation summer camp.

McElwee set up a system of microcontrollers linked to a program that students in the summer camp used to develop a water quality sensor. 

McElwee, a licensed contractor in Louisiana, teaches a civil engineering introduction class at Carnegie Mellon University where he completed his undergraduate degree. He got his start at Independence Middle School and Hammond High in his home state of Louisiana.  He volunteered with the African American Heritage Museum from a young age and has returned to teach civil engineering to this year's STEM campers.

Giving back to his hometown was a longtime goal, though McElwee did not expect to be able to accomplish this so soon.

McElwee's faculty adviser is Khalid Mosalam.

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